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New York Times, Saturday, June 9, 2012

Author:
David Quarfoot
Editor:
Will Shortz
Blog:
40-Across : Jones's "Men in Black" role
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David Quarfoot

This puzzle:

Rows: 15, Columns: 15 Words: 70, Blocks: 31 Missing: {FXZ} This is puzzle # 36 for Mr. Quarfoot. Saturday freshness: 46%
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D
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© 2012, The New York Times6/9/12 ( No. 22,859 )
Across
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Al Jazeera locale : DOHAQATAR
10
Shot : PHOTO
15
2012 election issue : OBAMACARE
16
Set ___ : ATRAP
17
Flip : GOBANANAS
18
Boss's directive : SEEME
19
Mens ___ : REA
20
Soup flavorer : DILL
21
Source of some inside info? : CTSCAN
22
Trouble in the night : APNEA
24
Snarky reply after a lecture : ISTHATALL
26
W.W. II battle town : CAEN
27
Bird named for its call : NENE
28
Foreign leader : REY
29
Slip : ERROR
31
Relishes : EATSUP
34
Leader given the posthumous title Rex Perpetuus Norvegiae : STOLAV
36
Trinity member : THESON
40
Jones's "Men in Black" role : AGENTK
44
Calculus, e.g. : STONE
45
Undercover wear? : PJS
48
Close up : SEAL
49
Mates : CREW
50
Collegiate honor society of Bloomberg and Iacocca : TAUBETAPI
53
Annie who voiced Bo Peep in "Toy Story" : POTTS
54
Sticking points? : BRIARS
55
Cross reference? : INRI
57
Executed : DID
58
Word with control or sight : OUTTA
59
Access provider : LOGINNAME
61
Some are bitter : ALOES
62
Avalanche gear : ICESKATES
63
Clipped : TERSE
64
#1 on VH1's "40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s" : MARKYMARK
Down
1
Popular events for gamblers : DOGRACES
2
The duck in "Peter and the Wolf" : OBOEPART
3
It rates over 100,000 on the Scoville scale : HABANERO
4
Health advocacy abbr. : AMA
5
Grilling option : QANDA
6
Berry variety : ACAI
7
Nudist's lack : TANLINE
8
Shrinking body : ARALSEA
9
Brief word : RES
10
Noodles : PASTA
11
'50s trial : HTEST
12
Rock carrier : ORECAR
13
Dish containing masa : TAMALE
14
How one might speak : OPENLY
21
Where to pin a medal : CHEST
23
First name in aviation : ENOLA
25
Major downer? : TNT
30
Taunt : RAG
32
Pause fillers : UHS
33
___ Park, home of the San Diego Padres : PETCO
35
Wedding wear : VESTS
37
Spreadsheet command : SORTDATA
38
Hockey shot involving two players : ONETIMER
39
Story locale? : NEWSDESK
41
School grp. : NEA
42
Food whose name comes from the Tupi language of South America : TAPIOCA
43
"M*A*S*H" character from Toledo, Ohio : KLINGER
45
Military craft : PTBOAT
46
"Pain Is Love" rapper : JARULE
47
Beau : SUITOR
51
Big name in motels : BATES
52
Clean, in a way : ERASE
53
What may represent "I" in American Sign Language : PINKY
56
Game played across the world : RISK
59
Calculus abbr. : LIM
60
Setting in "Call of Duty: Black Ops," informally : NAM

Answer summary:
4 unique to this puzzle, 7 debuted here and reused later, 2 unique to Modern Era but used previously.

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